Thursday, May 25, 2017

By: Marcus Gallant, Carly Johannesen, Kira McCarthy, Reyd Ward

The school photographer visited us on Wednesday to take class and group photos. These photos are used in our school yearbook.

Wednesday afternoon we hosted a school orientation for new Junior Kindergarten students for September 2017. Our current students in junior kindergarten participated in sessions with the kindergarten English and French Immersion teachers, and our current kindergarten students visited the grade one English and French classrooms for an orientation session.

Thursday was World Catholic Education Day. Our classes celebrated this day with in class activities. The grade five and six students presented in chapel all the reasons why our school is special.

On Wednesday evening we held our annual Junior High School Speak Off. Participating students included: Makenzy Bishop, Max Chrappa, Jack Richardson, Anna MacKenzie and Madison Noel. The overall winner was Jack Richardson. We would like to thank our judges for the event , Maruen Mennie and Stephanie Howell.

Jack Richardson poses with this first place award in the annual Junior High Speak Off. Jack spoke about his dad and the variety of challenges and injuries he has faced.

Students who travelled to St. Pierre had many wonderful experiences. They toured the lyceé (local high school), primary school, the boulangerie, and the Museé (the museum). They also had a bus tour of the island, visited the cemetery, pâtrisserie (pastry shop), the City Hall and boutique. They had fun experiencing la joie de vive.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Lysea Ngania who received a certificate from Tae Kwon Do for Awesome Horse Stance.

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are planting in the greenhouse this week. They are learning about Father’s Day and preparing artwork for the end of year school art show.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is practicing for the Kindergarten graduation this Monday evening. The class harvested vegetables from their Little Green Thumbs Garden. They are learning about the importance of taking care of their pets.

Mme. Baugé’s Kindergarten French Immersion class enjoyed listening and talking about stories from the Bible this week. The children shared their own bible with the class. In science, the class is talking about moss. The students were very excited to attend a grade one orientation session on Wednesday afternoon with Mme. Ryan.

Maggie Payne shares her Bible with the Kindergarten French Immersion class this week during a lesson where the students brought their own Bibles to share with their classmates.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is practicing experiments for the Science Fair next week. They have their very last spelling test today! They would like to wish Elizabeth a happy birthday!

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class has been learning about living things and what they need to survive. This works well to incorporate with their greenhouse time. This week they are planting seeds they have collected from home.

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class is learning about the life cycles. They have made a display outside their classroom showing the stages of life for a butterfly. They are excited to see what will happen with their butterfly experiment.

Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class is learning about the weather. The students are working on a class project for the upcoming school science fair.

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class was very busy this week. The grade three and four have been preparing for their final in-class assignments. They are writing a script for their French restaurants. The grade five and six students are doing their final French project.

Mrs. Bishop’s grade three class is excited to announce that their caterpillars have arrived. They placed them in their growing containers and are eagerly awaiting their spinning stage. The class had the privilege of going on an Erosion tour last week with ACAP Humber Arm. The students enjoyed the trip very much!

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class is taking a closer look at two digit multiplication in math. In social studies they are learning about how to read maps.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class presented a list of special things about IHMS in chapel on Thursday to celebrate Catholic Education Day. The grade five students are learning about sequencing in language arts. They have started a new read aloud novel called “Kensuke’s Kingdom”. The grade six students are making a video for the Grab Bag Challenge.

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class finished their ArtSmarts project this week with Jane Reagh. Each student created a self portrait of themselves through investigation of their facial anatomy. The students are also starting to paint the background scenes for the upcoming school musical.

Coming Up

Kindergarten Graduation will take place in our school gym on Monday evening at 6 pm.

By: Jenna Cammie, Heather Cooper, Keira Clarke, and Emily Payne

Our students are busy preparing for our upcoming musical “The Trials of Alice in Wonderland”. Props are being created and painted, costumes are being made, and the halls are filled with singing!

Last weekend our school hosted a grade six boys’ indoor soccer tournament. All games were really close in the tournament. Our team lost in the semi-finals. Thank you to the student volunteers and coaches, Mr. Ryley Nadon and Mr. Drew Nadon , for all their hard work over the weekend.

Last Thursday the grade seven to Level three girls attended a Skills Trade sponsored by Skills Canada at the College of the North Atlantic. Anna MacKenzie and Mikalya Moldlova were interviewed by NTV news. The girls thoroughly enjoyed the activities in this conference.

On Friday we continued our Mental Health Week Awareness with yoga and meditation. We would like to thank Nancy Buckle who facilitated yoga with the kindergarten to grade one classes and Sharon Evans who facilitated meditation with the grade two and three classes. It was a very mindful and relaxing afternoon.

The students travelling on the French language trip to St. Pierre departed on Tuesday afternoon. They will tour various locations and sample foods while visiting the island. Mrs. King and Ms. Moss are the teacher chaperones for the trip.

Our grade two class has collected over 4,000 plastic bags and counting for the Grab Bag Challenge! Please continue to collect plastic bags for our school and keep them out of our landfills.

The Student Leadership Council is collecting Cups for Cash for the City of Corner Brook. We are collecting used paper coffee cups. Each cup will earn us a return of five cents.

The Provincial Boys’ Choir is finished for this school year. It will resume rehearsals in September.

Congratulations to Hala Parsons who is a provincial winner in the World Ocean’s Day Poster Contest. World Ocean’s Day is celebrated on June 8th.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Liam Brinston who received several awards for youth bowling at the end of season. His awards included: High Average, High Series, High Single, High Series Team, Playoffs, and a trophy for Most Improved.

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are preparing for the upcoming school musical. The students will be dressed up as flamingos for the show. They are helping to make flower props for the show. They are learning about different insects this week.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is learning about transportation in social studies. They visited the greenhouse to see if their seeds have sprouted. They are learning about erosion in science.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class has started a project called “Wonderful Me” where they write nice things about their friends. They are enjoying their time in the greenhouse with the wonderful Ms. Galliot. They would like to wish everyone a happy Victoria Day weekend.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class has been learning about living things and what they need to survive. They are incorporating this into their greenhouse time. They are planting seeds they have collected from home. They will be planting some avocados next week.

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class is writing to students at Beatrix Potter Elementary School in England to thank them for taking care of the graves of the Newfoundlanders who died in war and are buried across the street from their school.

Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class is practicing working with money in math. They are continuing to build on their addition and subtraction skills. They have started to develop more spring French vocabulary.

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class has started their science fair projects. The grade three and four students are learning about habitats in science. The grade five and six students are doing some research on local history in social studies.

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class planted vegetables, flowers, and herbs in the greenhouse. They are continuing to learn about habitats in science. They explored the causes of erosion and created artwork to illustrate its impact on aquatic environments. On Thursday they attended a field trip to learn about erosion and how it has affected parts of Corner Brook.

Grade four students, Katerine Noel, Kate Murphy, Leah Lainey, and Molly George cleaned up the local park during their class erosion field trip with ACAP Humber Arm.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class made posters in art about erosion and how it affects aquatic life. The grade five students are making board games in math. The grade six students are writing crime reports in language arts.

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class participated in a session with Allison Pittman from Youth Ventures about creating a summer business. The students are preparing for the upcoming Science Fair in our school.

Junior and senior high students participate in an art program with local artist Jane Reagh. The project called "Anatomy of Me" involves the students creating blind contour self portraits and investigating the parts of the nose, eye, ear, and tongue. Students (L-R): Cheyenne Bursey, Anna MacKenzie and Madison Noel work on blind contour drawings of their nose.

Monday, May 15, 2017

By:Simon Boitsefski, Trinity Rouse, and Max Pittman

Stars of the Week

Last Thursday our grade six to eight students participated in the Let’s Talk Science Challenge hosted at Grenfell Campus. Our team consisting of Mohamed Al-Zubaidy, Simon Boitsefski, Aaron White, and Max Chrappa received silver medals. A total of 18 teams from the western region participated in this event.

The grade nine to Level 3 students attended the MATE ROV Underwater Robotics Competition in St. John’s last weekend at the Marine Institute. The two teams performed exceptionally well. The UGS Inc. team consisting of Cheyenne Bursey, Madison Noel, Anna MacKenzie, and Arista White received an award for communication. The RCR Inc. team consisting of Rebekah Calbert, Ryan Miller, and Cameron Peddle was the first place team overall in the competition and received an award for manoeuvrability of their Remote Operation Vehicle (ROV).

Mark Janes, Uriah Cull and Ethan Hicks competed in an invitational chess tournament as a grade two team in St. John’s last weekend. The boys received bronze medals in the tournament.

Our school was well represented at the Western Regional Heritage Fair over the weekend. Representatives of Immaculate Heart of Mary School included: Clare Coleman, Keira Clarke, Noah Evans, Molly George, Rebecca Janes, Carly Johannesen, Kate Murphy, Gabriel Rowsell, Reyd Ward, and Brooke Watton. Clare Coleman and Rebecca Janes received medals for having a top twenty project. Clare was also awarded a Young Citizens Award of which only three are awarded.

Mrs. George’s grade one class art project “Amazing Me” that was created earlier this year with artist Jane Reagh is on display as part of an artshow at the Arts and Culture Centre. Members of the class attended the opening reception on Sunday. The show will be on display until the end of May.

On Sunday our school hosted the second annual Dog Show and More Show. The event was a huge success with a variety of animals participating and a BBQ that was enjoyed by all. We would like to thank pet owners, Mme. Moss, Dr. Angela Martyn of Animal Health Care Centre who judged the event and donated prizes. Jacob Youden was the winner of the $50 gift card donated by Humber Valley Veterinary Clinic.

Wednesday was Municipal Awareness Day in the City of Corner Brook. Our kindergarten to grade five students took part in a colouring contest, the grade six students wrote essays of what they would do as mayor, and the junior high students took photos of their city for a photo challenge. Faith Blackwood and Jacob Cull were awarded prizes in the colouring contest. Clare Coleman and Mohamed Al-Zubaidy were selected to be City Councillors for a mock council meeting held on Wednesday evening. The students visited the council chambers to celebrate Municipal Awareness Day and see what a real council meeting is like.

City Councillor Mohamed Al-Zubaidy (left)and City Councillor Clare Coleman (right) took part in a mock City Council meeting on Wednesday evening as part of Municipal Awareness Day.

The grade two and three classes had a health scavenger hunt with student Nurse Jennifer Knee on Wednesday morning.

The City of Corner Brook will be hosting a pizza party for their photo submissions for the Municipal Awareness Day.

The Student Leadership Council is collecting paper cups for the City of Corner Brook initiative “Cash for Cups”. This will continue until May 27th. Please collect your cups for our school.

The junior and senior high girls were invited to attend a conference on Thursday sponsored by Skills Canada Newfoundland and Labrador. The event was called “Skills for Women Conference”. It was held at the College of the North Atlantic. The girls participated in Try-A-Trade Demonstrations in welding, electrical and millwright.

Mrs. Nancy Buckle lead yoga sessions with our kindergarten to grade 1 students on Friday morning as an extension on our Mental Health Project “Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds”. In the afternoon, Ms. Sharon Evans of SEVA lead meditation sessions with students in grades two to six.

Our school is hosting a grade six boys’ soccer tournament this weekend. The first game will be played today at 3:00 pm. We would like to wish our team the best of luck!

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are learning about Mother’s Day and making special surprises for their mothers. They are enjoying playing outside and making props for the school musical in June.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is learning how to read bar graphs and learning some French letters and numbers. The students would like to wish a happy Mother’s Day to their mothers this weekend.

Mme. Baugé’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is working hard on subtracting, graphing, and data. They are learning about storms and lightening.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about the different kinds of maps, symbols, and legends. They are making special Mother’s Day surprises for their mothers. They are wishing Teresa a Happy Birthday this week! They would like to wish all their readers a Happy Mother’s Day.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion learned about Mother’s Day this week. They would like to wish all their mothers a wonderful day on Sunday. The students are enjoying their time in the greenhouse.

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class is leading the school in the Grab Bag Challenge. They are encouraging everyone to collect used plastic bags for recycling and keep them out of our landfills. The students discussed healthy emotions and created a poster as part of Mental Health Week activities last week.

Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class enjoyed a scavenger hunt outside on Monday. The class took the opportunity to pick up some trash they found outside. In French they made Mother’s Day cards and will be making a special craft.

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class are helping prepare props and signs for “The Trials of Alice in Wonderland”. The grade five and six students are finishing off their BloomBall activities.

Mrs. Bishop’s grade three class is starting a new unit on fractions in math. They have been having fun playing pizza pie games with dominos to help with their understanding of fractions. They have finished their novel study on Pippi Longstocking and are looking forward to watching the movie today.

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class is very excited about the upcoming school Science Fair. This will be the first year the students prepare individual projects to present.

Students in Mrs. Passmoor's class are enjoying planting in the school greenhouse this week. Students Samuel Antoncich (left) and Gabriel Rowsell (right) prepare seeds for planting.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class began their D.A.R.E. program this week. The grade five students made talking sticks in social studies. The grade six students completed their novel study on “Holes” and wrote their very own crime report based on the characters and events in the book.

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class are preparing for the upcoming science fair. The students would like to say congratulations to our Let’s Talk Science teams and our Underwater Robotics Teams for their successes last week! The students began an ArtSmarts project with Ms. Jane Reagh this week called “Anatomy of Me”. They are learning the parts and functions of the eye, ear, and mouth. They will then create a self portrait highlighting these parts.

The students travelling to St. Pierre for the school French trip will leave on Tuesday at 1:00 pm. Bon Voyage!